Routledge Revivals
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Drawing from over 100 years of innovative, cutting-edge publishing, Routledge Revivals is an exciting programme whereby key titles from the distinguished and extensive backlist of the many acclaimed imprints associated with Routledge will be re-issued.
The programme draws upon the illustrious backlists of Kegan Paul, Trench & Trubner, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Methuen, Allen & Unwin and Routledge itself.
Routledge Revivals spans the whole of the Humanities and Social Sciences, and includes works by some of the world’s greatest thinkers including Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Simone Weil, Martin Buber, Karl Jaspers and Max Beloff.
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The A - Z of Nuclear Jargon (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Jonathon Green
April 07, 2015
First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon. The entries deal with all areas of nuclear warfare: its strategies and tactics, personnel and weapons systems, arms control and disarmament talks. The terminology of the nuclear age expands ...
The Age of Absolutism 1660-1815 (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Max Beloff
April 07, 2015
The end of eighteenth century is often regarded as the watershed between the feudal Europe of the Middle Ages and the modern Europe of the nineteenth century and beyond. The chronology covered in this title, first published in 1954, is vast, and yet covers an intellectually stimulating and exciting...
The Concept of Prayer (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By D. Z. Phillips
April 07, 2015
Many contemporary philosophers assume that, before one can discuss prayer, the question of whether there is a God or not must be settled. In this title, first published in 1965, D. Z. Phillips argues that to understand prayer is to understand what is meant by the reality of God. Beginning by ...
The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By H. Parke
April 07, 2015
Delphi, although by far the most prestigious, was not the only oracular site dedicated to the god of prophecy. The Oracles of Apollo in Asia Minor, first published in 1985, presents the first unified account of these lesser-known religious establishments: at Didyma, Claros, Gryneion and Patara. ...
The Personal Distribution of Incomes (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
Edited
By A. B. Atkinson
April 07, 2015
First published in 1976, the essays in this volume are concerned with the distribution of income and wealth. The papers were first presented at the Royal Economic Society’s conference in 1974, which examined the evidence concerning the personal distribution of earnings, compared the distributions ...
The Sociology of Belief (Routledge Revivals): Fallacy and Foundation
1st Edition
By Keith Dixon
April 07, 2015
First published in 1980, this book presents a study of knowledge and the patterns of social and scientific thought. Keith Dixon argues that traditional and contemporary formulations of the sociology of knowledge involve a series of fallacies, and the claim to reduce knowledge to ideology devalues ...
The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By W. P. Barrett
April 07, 2015
First published in 1931, this is the first unabridged English translation of the text of the trial of Joan of Arc. The basis of the translation is drawn from an edition of the text published in 1841 by Jules Quicherat, but elements are also derived from a number of the manuscripts originally ...
Outsiders in the Greek Cities in the Fourth Century BC (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By Paul Mckechnie
March 03, 2015
During the fourth century BC the number of Greeks who did not live as citizens in the city-states of southern mainland Greece increased considerably: mercenaries, pirates, itinerant artisans and traders, their origins differed widely. It has been argued that this increase was caused by the ...
Symbolism and Belief (Routledge Revivals): Gifford Lectures
1st Edition
By Edwyn Bevan
March 03, 2015
First published in 1938, this title presents the greater part of the 1933 Gifford Lectures in natural theology, given by Edwyn Bevan. The questions raised regarding the element of symbolism in religious conceptions takes the reader to the very heart of the religious problem, and addresses some of ...
The Latin Poetry of English Poets (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By J. Binns
March 03, 2015
Thomas Campion, Milton, Crashaw, Herbert, Bourne, Walter Savage Landor – all these poets, between them spanning the period from the Elizabethan to the Victorian age, wrote a substantial body of Latin verse in addition to their better-known English poetry, representing part of the vast and almost ...
War, Women and Children in Ancient Rome (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
By John Evans
March 03, 2015
J.K. Evans’ pioneering work explores the profound changes in the social, economic and legal condition of Roman women, which, it is argued, were necessary consequences of two centuries of near-continuous warfare as Rome expanded from city-state to empire. Bridging the gap that has isolated the ...
State-Owned Enterprise in the Western Economies (Routledge Revivals)
1st Edition
Edited
By Raymond Vernon, Yair Aharoni
February 09, 2015
First published in 1981, this edited collection reviews the operations of state-owned enterprises, examining the actual performance of such organisations in the advanced industrialised countries. The authors consider the regularities and characteristics of state-owned enterprises, in particular the...